Fad Diet Pseudoscience
- At January 28, 2024
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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The “science”” many fad diets use to support their claimed health benefits is actually based on pseudoscience, like animal studies, not on rigorous clinically trials.
In this video:
• Marketing pseudoscience. 00:42
• Nutrition science is not exact. 2:43
• Why nutrition science is not exact. 4:30
• Nutrition science and clinical trials. 6:14
Marketing Tricks: Continuous Glucose Monitors
- At December 12, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Ads for Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM) emphasize the benefits and ignore the risks. This video reviews some of the benefits and risks of CGMs.
In this video:
• What is a continuous glucose monitor (CGM)? 00:53
• Is a continuous glucose monitor continuous? 2:59
• Do CGMs eliminate finger sticks? 3:29
• Who can use a CGM? 4:23
• Do CGM’s reduce your A1Cc? 5:56
• CGM contraindications. 7:47
White Sugar vs Corn Syrup
- At May 30, 2023
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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Corn syrup, also known as glucose syrup, is a refined corn sugar used for cooking and baking. The video shares differences between refined white sugar and corn syrup and how to substitute corn syrup for sugar in cooking and baking.
In this video:
• What is sugar? 00:37
• What is corn syrup? 1:10
• Corn syrup versus high fructose corn syrup. 1:50
• Sugar and corn syrup nutrition. 2:29
• Substituting corn syrup for sugar. 2:52
Fast Food Calorie Quiz
- At November 20, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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How well do you know the number of calories in popular fast food items? Supersized fast food and prepared meals provide more calories than most people need. One meal can have a days worth of calories. Check your knowledge for 25 foods and beverages.
In this video:
• Quick serve, fast food and prepared foods. 00:42
• Calories and excess body fat. 1:19
• Satisfying wants versus needs. 2:24
• Fast food calorie quiz. 4:06
Fast Carbs Versus Slow Carbs
- At November 17, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
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People have talked about carbohydrates decades. The talk revolves around eating too many sugar and starch carbs. This video shares why the type not quantity of carbs can affect your weight and health, and how some natural foods are condemned as high carb and high glycemic index when in truth they are not.
In this video:
• Types of carbohydrates. 00:35
• Fast carbs. 3:44
• Slow carbs. 5:08
• Fast carbs and glycemic index. 6:47
• Slow carb food calories. 10:52
Carbs, Digestion & Blood Sugar Spikes
- At February 24, 2022
- By Daniel
- In Diet, Education, Health & Wellness, New Video
- 0
Carbohydrates (carbs) have been associated with weight gain for decades. This video shares how the human body digests and absorbs sugar and starch from carbohydrates and why an abundance of minimally processed carbs are better than diets high in refined carbs.
In this video:
• Types of carbs. 00:38
• Types of sugar. 1:07
• Carbs and blood sugar levels. 2:06
• Blood sugar and diabetes. 4:16
• How your body digests sugar and starch. 5:31
